| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.114.1 | With all bound humbleness. | With all bound humblenesse. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.52 | to a whipping, if you were but bound to't. | to a whipping if you were but bound too't. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.223 | a smack o'th' contrary. If ever thou beest bound in thy | a smacke a'th contrarie. If euer thou bee'st bound in thy |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.280 | Which should sustain the bound and high curvet | Which should sustaine the bound and high curuet |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.295 | Why, these balls bound, there's noise in it. 'Tis hard: | Why these bals bound, ther's noise in it. Tis hard |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.32 | bound? | bound? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.94 | There's four or five, to great Saint Jaques bound, | There's foure or fiue, to great S. Iaques bound, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.94 | And then when poisoned hours had bound me up | And then when poysoned houres had bound me vp |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.58.1 | He's bound unto Octavia. | He's bound vnto Octauia. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.114 | If I were bound to divine of this unity, I | If I were bound to Diuine of this vnity, I |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.14 | animals on his dunghills are as much bound to him as I. | Animals on his dunghils are as much bound to him as I: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.151 | Brief, I recovered him, bound up his wound, | Briefe, I recouer'd him, bound vp his wound, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.82 | To him one of the other twins was bound, | To him one of the other twins was bound, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.17 | But hath his bound in earth, in sea, in sky. | But hath his bound in earth, in sea, in skie. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.3 | Nor now I had not, but that I am bound | Nor now I had not, but that I am bound |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.33 | For he is bound to sea, and stays but for it. | For he is bound to Sea, and stayes but for it. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.92 | They must be bound and laid in some dark room. | They must be bound and laide in some darke roome. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.111 | Dromio is bound | |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.125 | Will you be bound for nothing? Be mad, good master – | Will you be bound for nothing, be mad good Master, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.144.1 | To have them bound again. | to haue them bound againe. Runne all out. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.145 | Once did I get him bound, and sent him home | Once did I get him bound, and sent him home, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.170 | Beaten the maids a-row, and bound the Doctor, | Beaten the Maids a-row, and bound the Doctor, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.247 | They fell upon me, bound me, bore me thence, | They fell vpon me, bound me, bore me thence, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.249 | There left me and my man, both bound together, | There left me and my man, both bound together, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.294 | For lately we were bound as you are now. | For lately we were bound as you are now. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.306 | and whatsoever a man denies you are now bound to | and whatsoeuer a man denies, you are now bound to |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.339 | O, my old master – who hath bound him here? | Oh my olde Master, who hath bound him heere? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.340 | Whoever bound him, I will loose his bonds, | Who euer bound him, I will lose his bonds, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.14 | returned his brows bound with oak. I tell thee, daughter, | return'd, his browes bound with Oake. I tell thee Daughter, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.79 | Refused most princely gifts, am bound to beg | refus'd most Princely gifts, / Am bound to begge |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.54 | To where you are bound, you must enquire your way, | To where you are bound, you must enquire your way, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.23.1 | Are bound to pray for you both. | Are bound to pray for you both. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.70 | Bound with an oath to yield to his conditions. | Bound with an Oath to yeeld to his conditions: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.108 | Whereto we are bound, together with thy victory, | Whereto we are bound, together with thy victory: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.109 | Whereto we are bound? Alack, or we must lose | Whereto we are bound: Alacke, or we must loose |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.159 | More bound to's mother, yet here he lets me prate | More bound to's Mother, yet heere he let's me prate |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.25 | have been often bound for no less than my life. – | haue bin often bound for no lesse then my life. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.73 | That set thee on to this desert, am bound | That set thee on to this desert, am bound |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.81 | Whilst I am bound to wonder, I am bound | Whil'st I am bound to wonder, I am bound |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.43.2 | You are most bound to th' king, | You are most bound to'th'King, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.49 | Which daily she was bound to proffer: this | Which dayly she was bound to proffer: this |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.30.2 | Whither bound? | Whether bound? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.34 | Is bound for Italy; he embarked at Milford; | Is bound for Italy; he embark'd at Milford, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.46.1 | I am bound to you. | I am bound to you. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.18 | I dare be bound he's true, and shall perform | I dare be bound hee's true, and shall performe |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.90 | That father lost, lost his; and the survivor bound | That Father lost, lost his, and the Suruiuer bound |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.6.2 | Speak. I am bound to hear. | Speake, I am bound to heare. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.11 | The single and peculiar life is bound | The single / And peculiar life is bound |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.41 | And like a man to double business bound | And like a man to double businesse bound, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.10 | you, sir – it comes from th' ambassador that was bound | you Sir: It comes from th' Ambassadours that was bound |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.91 | The thieves have bound the true men. | The Theeues haue bound the True-men: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.171 | And bound them. | And bound them. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.172 | No, no, they were not bound. | No, no, they were not bound. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.173 | You rogue, they were bound, every man of | You Rogue, they were bound, euery man of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.248 | We two saw you four set on four, and bound | We two, saw you foure set on foure and bound |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.73 | And all the fertile land within that bound, | And all the fertile Land within that bound, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.51 | The very list, the very utmost bound | The very List, the very vtmost Bound |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.89 | A kingdom for it was too small a bound. | A Kingdome for it was too small a bound: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.167 | I am bound to thee, reverend Feeble. Who is | I am bound to thee, reuerend Feeble. Who is |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.28 | As he whose brow with homely biggen bound | As hee whose Brow (with homely Biggen bound) |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.92 | This knight, no less for bounty bound to us | This Knight no lesse for bounty bound to Vs |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.151 | The King is not bound to answer the particular endings | The King is not bound to answer the particular endings |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.140 | my love, or bound my horse for her favours, I could lay | my Loue, or bound my Horse for her fauours, I could lay |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.22 | Like captives bound to a triumphant car. | Like Captiues bound to a Triumphant Carre. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.37 | How much in duty I am bound to both. | How much in duty, I am bound to both. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.128 | Good Master Vernon, I am bound to you | Good Master Vernon, I am bound to you, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.107 | A heart it was, bound in with diamonds – | A Hart it was bound in with Diamonds, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.184 | Who can be bound by any solemn vow | Who can be bound by any solemne Vow |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.190 | But that he was bound by a solemn oath? | But that he was bound by a solemne Oath? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iv.3 | And this for Rutland, both bound to revenge, | And this for Rutland, both bound to reuenge, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.112 | To nature none more bound; his training such | To Nature none more bound; his trayning such, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.146 | Of all these ears – for where I am robbed and bound, | Of all these eares (for where I am rob'd and bound, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.165 | If you are bound to us or no. What say you? | If you are bound to vs, or no. What say you? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.258 | With thee and all thy best parts bound together, | (With thee, and all thy best parts bound together) |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.298 | But that I am bound in charity against it! | But that I am bound in Charitie against it. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.114 | Dread sovereign, how much are we bound to heaven | Dread Soueraigne, / How much are we bound to Heauen, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.219 | Is bound in shallows and in miseries. | Is bound in Shallowes, and in Miseries. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.111 | That ever Brutus will go bound to Rome; | That euer Brutus will go bound to Rome, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.20 | How are we bound to praise thy wondrous works, | How are we bound to praise thy wondrous works, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.107 | Then, Salisbury, say whither thou art bound. | Then Salisburie, say whether thou art bound. |
| King John | KJ I.i.150 | I am a soldier and now bound to France. | I am a Souldier, and now bound to France. |
| King John | KJ II.i.431 | Whose veins bound richer blood than Lady Blanche? | Whose veines bound richer blood then Lady Blanch? |
| King John | KJ II.i.442 | Do glorify the banks that bound them in; | Do glorifie the bankes that bound them in: |
| King John | KJ II.i.522 | That she is bound in honour still to do | That she is bound in honor still to do |
| King John | KJ III.i.65.1 | Am bound to underbear. | Am bound to vnder-beare. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.77 | For heaven sake, Hubert, let me not be bound! | For heauen sake Hubert let me not be bound: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.148 | When power to flattery bows? To plainness honour's bound | When power to flattery bowes? / To plainnesse honour's bound, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.2 | My services are bound. Wherefore should I | My seruices are bound, wherefore should I |
| King Lear | KL II.i.47 | The child was bound to the father – sir, in fine, | The Child was bound to'th'Father; Sir in fine, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.102 | Whereto our health is bound; we are not ourselves | Whereto our health is bound, we are not our selues, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.7 | you our sister company; the revenges we are bound to | you our Sister company: the reuenges wee are bound to |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.10 | festinate preparation; we are bound to the like. Our | festiuate preparation: we are bound to the like. Our |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.46 | Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound | Thou art a Soule in blisse, but I am bound |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.150 | By the law of war thou wast not bound to answer | By th'law of Warre, thou wast not bound to answer |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.145 | I am more bound to you than your fellows, for | I am more bound to you then your fellowes, for |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.136 | One part of Aquitaine is bound to us, | One part of Aquitaine is bound to vs, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.165 | Where that and other specialties are bound. | Where that and other specialties are bound, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.123 | restrained, captivated, bound. | restrained, captiuated, bound. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.59.2 | I am bound to serve. | I am bound to serue. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.23 | But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in | But now I am cabin'd, crib'd, confin'd, bound in |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.24 | Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, | Hauing bound vp the threatning twigs of birch, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.3 | Bound by my charity and my blessed order, | Bound by my charity, and my blest order, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.149 | courage to maintain it. I am bound to call upon you, and, | courage to maintaine it; I am bound to call vppon you, and |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.24 | I am always bound to you. | I am alwayes bound to you. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.94 | And that by great injunctions I am bound | And that by great Iniunctions I am bound |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.5 | bound. | bound. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.6 | Antonio shall become bound, well. | Anthonio shall become bound, well. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.10 | Antonio bound. | Anthonio bound. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.18 | an argosy bound to Tripolis, another to the Indies; I | an Argosie bound to Tripolis, another to the Indies, I |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.65 | I am not bound to please thee with my answers. | I am not bound to please thee with my answer. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.208 | I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er | I will be bound to pay it ten times ore, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.404 | For in my mind you are much bound to him. | For in my minde you are much bound to him. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.135 | To whom I am so infinitely bound. | To whom I am so infinitely bound. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.136 | You should in all sense be much bound to him, | You should in all sence be much bound to him, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.137 | For, as I hear, he was much bound for you. | For as I heare he was much bound for you. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.251 | Had quite miscarried. I dare be bound again, | Had quite miscarried. I dare be bound againe, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.54 | So shall I evermore be bound to thee; | So shall I euermore be bound to thee; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.62 | let these men be bound, and brought to Leonato's; | let these men be bound, and brought to Leonato, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.201 | How now, two of my brother's men bound? | How now, two of my brothers men bound? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.217 | are thus bound to your answer? This learned Constable | are thus bound to your answer? this learned Constable |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.65 | If she in chains of magic were not bound, | (If she in Chaines of Magick were not bound) |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.180 | To you I am bound for life and education; | To you I am bound for life, and education: |
| Othello | Oth III.i.54.2 | I am much bound to you. | I am much bound to you. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.133 | Though I am bound to every act of duty, | Though I am bound to euery Acte of dutie, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.134 | I am not bound to that all slaves are free to: | I am not bound to that: All Slaues are free: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.193 | With franker spirit. Therefore, as I am bound, | With franker spirit. Therefore (as I am bound) |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.211.2 | I am bound to thee for ever. | I am bound to thee for euer. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.240 | bound to put it on him. It is now high supper-time and | bound to put it on him. It is now high supper time: and |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.183 | I will not charm my tongue; I am bound to speak: | I will not charme my Tongue; / I am bound to speake, |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.8 | bound by the indenture of his oath to be one. Husht! | bound by the indenture of his oath to bee one. Husht, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.51 | whom I am bound to. | whom I am bound too. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.52 | If he govern the country, you are bound to him | If he gouerne the countrey you are bound to him |
| Pericles | Per V.i.93 | Bound me in servitude. (Aside) I will desist, | bound me in seruitude, I will desist, |
| Pericles | Per V.ii.13 | As Dian bade: whereto being bound, | As Dian bad, whereto being bound, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.61 | England, bound in with the triumphant sea, | England bound in with the triumphant sea, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.63 | Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, | Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.38 | To whose high will we bound our calm contents. | To whose high will we bound our calme contents. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.67 | Bound to himself? What doth he with a bond | Bound to himselfe? What doth he with a Bond |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.68 | That he is bound to? Wife, thou art a fool. | That he is bound to? Wife, thou art a foole. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.5 | Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths, | Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.27 | I am bound by oath, and therefore pardon me. | I am bound by Oath, and therefore pardon me. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.333 | Bound with triumphant garlands will I come | Bound with Triumphant Garlands will I come, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.1 | But Montague is bound as well as I, | Mountague is bound as well as I, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.54 | Not mad, but bound more than a madman is; | Not mad, but bound more then a mad man is: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.18 | And soar with them above a common bound. | And soare with them aboue a common bound. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.20 | To soar with his light feathers; and so bound | To soare with his light feathers, and to bound: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.21 | I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe. | I cannot bound a pitch aboue dull woe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.84 | So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell | So fairely bound? O that deceit should dwell |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.125 | There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, | There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.32 | All our whole city is much bound to him. | All our whole Cittie is much bound to him. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.143 | Hark you, sir, I'll have them very fairly bound – | Hearke you sir, Ile haue them verie fairely bound, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.56 | And bound I am to Padua, there to visit | And bound I am to Padua, there to visite |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.163 | When they are bound to serve, love, and obey. | When they are bound to serue, loue, and obay. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.97 | A confidence sans bound. He being thus lorded, | A confidence sans bound. He being thus Lorded, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.235 | Bound sadly home for Naples, | Bound sadly home for Naples, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.487 | My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. | My spirits, as in a dreame, are all bound vp: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.155 | Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none. | Borne, bound of Land, Tilth, Vineyard none: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.25 | Each bound it chafes. What have you there? | Each bound it chases. What haue you there? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.4 | Then, as in grateful virtue I am bound | Then, as in gratefull Vertue I am bound |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.229 | We are so virtuously bound – | We are so vertuously bound. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.10 | And cut your trusters' throats. Bound servants, steal. | And cut your Trusters throates. Bound Seruants, steale, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.77 | Cometh Andronicus, bound with laurel boughs, | Commeth Andronicus bound with Lawrell bowes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.16 | And faster bound to Aaron's charming eyes | And faster bound to Aarons charming eyes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.1.2 | two sons, Martius and Quintus, bound, passing over | two sonnes bound, passing on |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.170 | Herself and hers are highly bound to thee. | Herselfe, and hers are highly bound to thee. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.164 | Is he sure bound? Look that you bind them fast. | Is he sure bound, looke that you binde them fast. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.165 | Come, come, Lavinia; look, thy foes are bound. | Come, come Lauinia, looke, thy Foes are bound, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.117 | But to the sport abroad, are you bound thither? | But to the sport abroad, are you bound thither? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.284 | Shall I, sweet lord, be bound to thee so much, | Shall I (sweet Lord) be bound to thee so much, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.163 | Of her o'ereaten faith, are bound to Diomed. | Of her ore-eaten faith, are bound to Diomed |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.8 | Let me yet know of you whither you are bound. | Let me yet know of you, whither you are bound. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.38 | bound to the Count Orsino's court. Farewell. | bound to the Count Orsino's Court, farewell. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.74 | I am bound to your niece, sir. I mean, she is the | I am bound to your Neece sir, I meane she is the |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.135 | bound. My niece is already in the belief that he's mad. | bound. My Neece is already in the beleefe that he's mad: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.264 | I shall be much bound to you for't. I am one that | I shall bee much bound to you for't: I am one, that |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.84 | The bound thou wast o'erflowing, at once subduing | The bownd thou wast ore-flowing; at once subduing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.49 | Speaking it truly? Why am I bound | Speaking it truly; why am I bound |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.48 | Where having bound things scattered, we will post | Where having bound things scatterd, we will post |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.65 | And whither now are you bound-a? | And whither now are you bound a |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.42 | He's a kind gentleman, and I am much bound to him. | He's a kind Gentleman, and I am much bound to him, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.50 | The bound of honour, or in act or will | The bound of Honor, or in act, or will |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.22 | Vilely bound up? What would he say? Or how | Vildely bound vp? What would he say? Or how |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.561.2 | I am bound to you. | I am bound to you: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.659 | Of this escape and whither they are bound; | Of this escape, and whither they are bound; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.710 | How now, rustics! Whither are you bound? | How now (Rustiques) whither are you bound? |